Explore Barnsley Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Barnsley plaques & local Barnsley history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Barnsley.
About Barnsley
Barnsley is a large market town in South Yorkshire . It is the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsly . At the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 91,297 out of close to 250,000 in the wider borough in the Dearne Valley . Its culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by mining communities .
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Barnsley history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Barnsley plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Barnsley’s physical Barnsley plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Barnsley the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Barnsley plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 57 unique history facts in Barnsley plus 5 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Barnsley history map for you to explore.”